Central Coast Council

Pool Lifeguards

Is aquatic safety and helping the community your passion? Are you looking to advance your pool lifeguarding career?  We are currently seeking a new Pool Lifeguard and if you have these skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

• Advance your pool lifeguarding career in a great team with access to experienced mentors  
• Play an important role promoting water safety in your community
• Permanent full-time and part-time (25 hrs) roles available!
• Work across a 7 day roster with shifts ranging from 4am - 11pm. Penalty rates apply for weekend work. 

About the role

Pool Lifeguarding offers an opportunity for an active career with great career development pathways and scope for community connection. These roles assist with the supervision and control of a safe and enjoyable environment at Council’s Leisure and Aquatic Centres in accordance with Council’s policies, and industry regulations and standards, ensuring a great customer experience for all pool patrons. 

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• You hold a current Royal Life Saving Society Australia Pool Lifeguard qualification
• You hold a current Provide First Aid qualification (HLTAID 011 or equivalent)
• You have a current Working with Children Check Clearance Number or Application Number as per Child Protection (Working with Children) Regulation 2013
• You have demonstrated experience working in an aquatic or leisure environment providing aquatic safety
• You are a team player who brings a positive and flexible attitude, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to balance the customer experience with the need to create a safe space for all patrons
• You are able to respond effectively to customer queries or complaints as required and offer information on programs and services available at the Centre to encourage take up of Council programs.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The commencing salary for this position is up to $28.80 per hour. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $33.36 per hour on completion of assessment of skills and performance 11.5% superannuation 
• We have permanent full-time and part-time roles available. 
• These roles are located at Gosford Olympic Pool and Peninsula Leisure Centre. 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits 

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.